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I guess it depends on what criteria you use to call a bank best. For me, it is WellsFargo because my criteria is free everything including a few hundred free brokerage trades per year on ETFs and Vanguard mutual funds, free ATM transactions even in Asia, Europe, elsewhere, and free everything else. I am not concerned about interest rates because I am putting all my "savings" into Vanguard GNMA fund which is paying about 4% but is not FDIC-insured and surely the share NAV will fluctuate.

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